Today, two novelties from the National Theatre: the decision declaring the fees a business secret, which coincides with Bojan Suđić's guest appearance, and a recommendation to opera singers to propose concert programs
New management National Theatre from day to day it makes some new decisions, regulations and the like by which it tries to adapt the collective's way of working to current needs and circumstances.
So today, on October 8, Acting Manager Dragoljub Bajić signed the Decision that "information related to contracts concluded by the National Theater in Belgrade and all information related to contracts are a business secret" and that "information obtained in the course of their work is not transferred to third parties without the permission of the Acting Manager".
As far as is known, such decisions have never been made in the National Theater and that is primarily because it is unnecessary, considering the number of people who have insight into the amounts of fees in various departments.
Also, the making of this decision coincides with the engagement of the guest conductor, Bojan Suđić, for the renewed opera "Ball pod maskama", which was performed on October 1. According to information from the theater, the amount of his fee is identical to the six-month fees of members of the Choir whose contract was not extended this year.
Message for Opera members
Then: also on Wednesday, October 8, was the deadline given by the Opera of the National Theater to the members of the ensemble to register the program with which they would tour the stages of Serbia and the region.
"Given the newly created situation and the current impossibility of performing the program on our stages, and above all due to the extreme importance of maintaining your vocal condition," the notice from the Opera Production explained.
The newly mentioned situation refers to the well-known closing of the building on October 3 due to fire protection repairs.
The e-mail address (not among the addresses of the National Theater that have been used so far) is indicated, to which the description and duration of the program, the names and number of participants and the name of the accompanist should be sent.
In short, the members of the Opera ensemble are asked to forget about the October repertoire that they have practiced so far, and to quickly come up with and design a concert program for a new scene, which has nothing to do with the operatic way of singing.
And so, although it is not said, they maintain the presence of the National Theater on the cultural scene during the period when its building is closed.
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